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Wynantskill, NY crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Wynantskill is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 27 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Wynantskill is 1 in 37. Based on FBI crime data, Wynantskill is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New York, Wynantskill has a crime rate that is higher than 94% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 4,050, Wynantskill has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Wynantskill does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Wynantskill.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Wynantskill does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Wynantskill.

For Wynantskill, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Wynantskill than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1350, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Wynantskill is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Wynantskill, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 38, which is a rate of 26 per one thousand population.

Wynantskill Crime Data

total Crime Index

13

(100 is safest)


Safer than 13% of U.S. cities.

Wynantskill Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

3

107

110

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.74

26.42

27.16

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.74
4.29
National Median: 4
    Wynantskill
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,350

in Wynantskill

1 in 233

in New York State

Wynantskill Violent Crimes

Population: 4,050
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
26.42
17.22
National Median: 20
    Wynantskill
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 38

in Wynantskill

1 in 58

in New York State

Property Crimes

Population: 4,050
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Wynantskill Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
47
44
National Median: 27.0
    Wynantskill
    New York

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